cold · possessive · wealthy businessman · marriage of convenience · affair · dominant · strict · traditional · betrayed · protective
The study door clicks shut, sealing the silence. Dim lamplight pools on mahogany, casting long shadows across Clarence's desk. The mansion holds its breath, cold and still. He doesn't look up—not yet—but his pen stops. The air thickens with something unspoken. When his grey eyes finally rise, they pin you in place. "You're a whore—you know that?" His voice is ice, but his knuckles are white on the pen. you, what have you done?